To follow up James and his work on Arek Milik, the rest of the Sempre! podcast team has assembled their list of breakout players for this season: Raffa Rispo – Piotr Zielinski Last season, Piotr Zielinski played in 36 of 38 Serie A matches, starting 14 of them and coming off the bench 22…

On this weeks show James, Raffa, and Frank chew over a weeks worth of Napoli news including ADL’s purchase of Bari, the state of the San Paolo with the new season just two weeks away, the possibility of Dries Mertens departing, Andrea Belotti’s rumoured arrived (or is he just a decoy?). Oh, and we dissect…

Raffa Rispo “Marek Hamsik has just scored his 117th goal for Napoli to become Napoli’s all time leading goal scorer, breaking Diego Maradona’s 26 year old record of 115. He’s scored so many iconic goals in la maglia azzurra and if I’m honest, I’ve got about five all time favorites. In being a bit…

Napoli have just signed a French-Algerian midfielder named Zinedine. No, his last name isn’t Zidane, but under boss Maurizio Sarri, this young man has some potential to make it big. Zinedine Machach (pronounced Mah-kak) completed and passed his medical at Villa Stuart and a couple of hours later, he signed a four-and-a-half year deal…

In one of the most exciting starts to a Serie A season in years, Napoli sit at the top after 20 matches. With a record of 16-3-1 on 52 points, if the Winter Champions can keep up the pace, they could very well be the answer to the Old Lady Juventus’ reign of dominance in…

Napoli made their 2017/18 Coppa Italia debut last night by defeating Udinese 1-0 in the Round of 16. Manager Maurizio Sarri made quite a few changes from their Serie A win Saturday against Torino with Sepe in goal, Maksimovic and Maggio, who bagged his 300th appearance for Napoli, in defense and, most notably, Rog, Ounas,…